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| 2 | ''Omega Race'' is a 1981 arcade game programmed by Ron Haliburton and manufactured by [[Creator/MidwayGames Bally/Midway]]. It was ported to the Platform/{{Atari 2600}} (which came with a special Booster Grip joystick adapter), the Platform/ColecoVision, the [[Platform/VIC20 Commodore VIC-20]], and the Platform/Commodore64. |
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| 4 | Set in the year 2003, the game involves using a spaceship to destroy enemy droid ships. The player's ship is controlled using a spinner to rotate the ship's direction, a button for thrusting, and a button for firing lasers. The enemies that the player must destroy or avoid are drone ships, commander ships, two types of space mines, and shooting star ships. |
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| 6 | !!This game provides examples of |
| 7 | * EndlessGame: You play until you run out of ships. |
| 8 | * PlayerVersusPlayer: The [=ColecoVision=] version allowed two players to play together on the same screen at the same time. |
| 9 | * ScoringPoints: For destroying enemy droid ships, space mines, and shooting star ships. |
| 10 | * ShootEmUp: Similar to ''VideoGame/{{Asteroids}}'', only in a confined space. |
| 11 | * VectorGame: The only one released by [=Bally/Midway=] |
| 12 | * WrapAround: Averted except in the [=ColecoVision=] version, where there is a tunnel the player can use to travel from one end of the screen to the other. |
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